Veterinarian Overview
Dr. Greenwood is a graduate of the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine. He completed his internship at Purdue University followed by a small animal surgical residency and Masters degree program at the University of Georgia. Dr. Greenwood founded Northlake Veterinary Surgery in 1980, becoming the first ACVS boarded surgeon in the greater Atlanta area. In addition to providing specialized surgical care for thousands of dogs and cats at Northlake, Dr. Greenwood has provided years of pro bono surgical services for Zoo Atlanta, operating on a wide variety of exotic animalIn 2011, he obtained advanced training in raptor external skeletal fixation at University of Minnesota. Dr. Greenwood remains active in training the next generation of veterinary surgeons, having established weekly video-conference rounds between Northlake and the University of Georgia, serving as a locum professor at UGA, and mentoring and advising many surgical residents. A longtime leader in the Atlanta veterinary community, Dr. Greenwood was voted the 2006 Veterinarian of the Year by the Greater Atlanta Veterinary Medical Society. In his free time, Dr. Greenwood has traveled to the Northern and Southern poles of the world photographing and researching whales and wildlife. He remains fascinated by animals in the wild and continues to travel the seas in hopes of one day encountering the blue whale. Dr. Greenwood and his wife, Beth, have four daughters, Sarah, Anna, Bonnie, and Grace, a dog, CJ, and a clowder of cats.
